James Ware ( 1756 - 1815 )

Birth: Portsmouth, Hampshire, England (11 February 1756) Death: At his country house in Turnham Green, Middlesex (13 April 1815) Burial: Bunhill Fields burial ground, London Profession: Surgeon Research Field: Ophthalmology Education: Portsmouth Grammar School Career: Apprenticed to a surgeon; entered St Thomas's Hospital (1773) and was Demonstrator of Anatomy under Joseph Else (FRS 1778); studied ophthalmic surgery; one of the founders of the Society for the Relief of the Widow and Orphans of Medical Men (1788); practised at New Bridge Street, London Membership: Fellow Election Date: 11/03/1802.